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@with 'tates atrn @Hita Y HORACE EVERETT OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 67,278, dated July 30, 1867.

IMPROVED PAINT-GAN.

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TOALL WHOMIT MAY CONCERNf Be it known thatl, H. EVERETT, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an improvement in Paint-Gans; and I do hereby declare the following to be la full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention consists of a cast-iron ring, "combined with the body and cover of a paint-can, substantially as described hereafter, so as to strengthen the upper end of the said body, and so that the said edge may be used as a means of removing the superuous paint from the brushes without danger of cuttingor wounding the bristles. V

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the mode of carrying the same into e'ect, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the upper portion of my improved paint-can, and

Figures 2, 3, and 4, sectional views of the upper portion, ring and cover of the can.

A represents part of the body of the can, which is made ofK ordinary sheet iron or tin, and has the usual bottom. B is a light, cast-iron ring, having at the upper edge an inclined flange, b, rounded on the inside at e, as shown in fig. 3. The cylindrical portion of this ring is driven tight into the upper end of the body A, a

suitable cement being used, if deemed necessary, to make a perfectly tight joint. vAfter the can has beenslled with paint, a cover, C, having a ange, c, at the edge, is applied to the can, so that its flange shall enclose the flange b of the ring B, a rotary motion is then imparted to the can, and a suitable instrument pressed against the ange c, so as to turn it down closely against;A the inclined flange b of the ring B, as Ashown in iig. 1, the cover being thus firmly secured to theV can. When the can is to be opened the flange c is turned outwards from the ange b, by means of a chisel-like instrument, the point of which is inserted between the two anges, and the cover is removed, the paint being retained inthe can, which is used in place of 4the usual supplementary cans for holding the paint after it has been prepared for use. The ordinary cans in which the paint is contained during transportation and storage cannot b'e used for retaining the paint after it has been prepared for use, inasmuch as the upper edge of the body is rough and sharp,v andcuts the bristles of the brushes when the latter are drawn across the edge to remove the surplus paint. It will be apparent that the smooth, rounded inner side e of the ring B cannot injure the brushes, and that the ring serves to strengthen the upper edge of the body, and preserve its shape.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A metal ring, B, and its flange b, combined with the-body and cover of a paint-can,'substantially as set forth for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

i i HORACE EVERETT. Witnesses:

CHARLES;` E. FOSTER,

W. J. R. DELANY. 

